This position is located in the Office of Infrastructure. You'll support project finance transactions, including some that may be complex or sensitive. You'll be responsible for carrying out the full range of new project financings which involve all the tasks required to process transactions from initial screening thru due diligence, negotiating & structuring, approval, negotiation of documentation, contract closing, loan funding & contract execution.

Duties

As a Project Finance Analyst / Project Finance Associate, you will: Handle a range of activities in the structured debt finance origination process, including reviewing business plans, off-take agreements and other contracts of a project including EPC and O&M, market studies, financial model projections, and financial model sensitivities for structured debt finance applications. Participate in ancillary workstreams related to transactions including liaising with client, intradepartmental tasks, and external consultants. Work with clients to complete DFC forms, liaising with DFC's environmental and social team, reviewing know-your-customer diligence results, and similar routine tasks that must be completed on all transactions. Analyze the nature of the investment, equity and loan instruments involved in projects overseas. Prepare in writing portions of due diligence finding as part of credit packages (as well as other documents and memoranda required in the Agency's approval process), which are presented to credit committees to obtain approvals. Conduct research and analysis on relevant industry, sector, market, country, and key participants. Participate in negotiations on terms and conditions in contracts and structured debt finance agreements to achieve execution of commitment letters, financing agreements and disbursements. Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Must submit resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Within 30 days of your start date, you may be required to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance
• This position will require foreign travel to developing countries

Qualifications

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level). Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You may qualify at the GS-11 level, if you fulfill one of the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following: 1) Experience working with a team on international projects or investments under supervision of a senior specialist, while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, or multilateral organization; 2) Experience conducting in two of the following five areas: financial analysis, calculating credit risk exposure, financial modeling of financial projections, detailed credit analysis of international ventures, or market analysis of business ventures in developing countries, where work product is presented to more senior specialists; and 3) Experience assessing country risk for projects located in developing countries. OR B. A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or possession of a LL.M. degree, if related. Graduate level education must demonstrate the competencies necessary to do the work of the position; OR C. A combination of education and experience as listed above. You may qualify at the GS-12 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following: 1) Experience working with a team on international projects or investments while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, or multilateral organization; 2) Experience reviewing financial statements for businesses located in developing countries; 3) Experience building financial models to determine ability of a company to repay its debt and sensitivity analyses to test those assumptions; 4) Experience conducting in three of the following four areas: financial analysis of international ventures, calculating credit risk exposure of international ventures, detailed credit analysis of international ventures, or market analysis of business ventures in developing countries; and 5) Experience identifying international financial or investment policy issues to identify two of the following three areas: political, economic or credit risks of projects located outside the United States. Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Please Note: Applicants may be asked to perform a work sample/simulation during the interview stage. Work sample tests require applicants to perform tasks or work activities that mirror the tasks employees perform on the job. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 24-OI-DE-12443159-BN using Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet DE requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY?

You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

PASS/FAIL COURSES:
If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address International Development Finance Corporation 1100 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC 20527 US
• Name: Brandon Nicknadavich
• Email: [email protected]